Species profile—Macrobrachium auratum (golden river prawn)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Malacostraca (malacostracans) → Palaemonidae (palaemonid shrimps) → Macrobrachium auratum (golden river prawn)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Malacostraca (malacostracans)
- Family
- Palaemonidae (palaemonid shrimps)
- Scientific name
- Macrobrachium auratum Short, 2004
- Common name
- golden river prawn
- Type reference
- Short, J.W. 2004. A revision of Australian river prawns, Macrobrachium (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae). Hydrobiologia 525: 1-100 [71].
- WildNet taxon ID
- 33581
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=33581.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
